And now the suns up. "Snow in July you can rely". Happy 1st of July everyone. Overnight snow and now cold temps so guns are cranking. Stand by for a big announcement. Posted by ohau626352July 1st

View from the top of the Ridge Tow. A little more snow to open. Posted by brokenriver536626June 30th

DUMPING !!!! Posted by cardrona470626June 30th

Great to see this colourful group here at Mt Hutt all the way from Korea! Lets hope snow falls in the next few days as forecast so they can experience Hutt as it should be - all white with fresh snow! Posted by mthutt626417June 30th

Great day for sightseeing today! Fresh air, sunshine and great coffee. A great way to spend a Sunday. Posted by turoa626352June 30th

Angus Gray sneaks in a cheeky FS Board before this front dominates the country for the next few days. Photo: NZSnowboard.com Posted by Scotty626446June 30th

Thanks everyone for the sweet dance moves. It is now SNOWING to the base with a few cms of snow up higher over night. Posted by treblecone626388June 30th

Looking across to the top of Nervous Knob. A little more snow to open. Posted by brokenriver626448June 30th

Another quick moving cold snap is and has deposited 3cm to 5 cm snow in the last hour or so. Clearing again now but watch this space as the met service is predicting snow to 600m through Wednesday. Posted by remarkables626468June 30th

Good on ya Jim Hickey, as predicted the snow has arrived. Looking good for more snow and cold temps over the next few days too. Posted by coronet626451June 30th

It has started to snow! There is snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow morning! Keep up your snow dances!!626401June 27th

We are lighting up our slopes tonight for the Queenstown Winter Festival Night Ski! Posted by coronet626417June 27th

Leitner Poma have been innovating on this project to provide us with 'terminal parking' of all the chairs on our new Curvey Basin 6 seat chair . This enables us to take all the chairs off line and store them under cover when the big storms come through. Posted by remarkables626352June 27th

Beautiful day out at Captains... rumours are going around of some fresh off-piste lines to be had! Posted by cardrona626417June 26th

Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning. This was the view our crew were gifted with when they arrived to work today. Photo credit: Pete Byrne, one of our amazing drivers. Posted by remarkables626361June 24th

Heli-Ski season, our first day out for 2014. Posted by HarrisMountainsHeliski626219June 23rd

Cheers to all of you who gave up a lazy Sunday to come and spend the day with us @ Hutt! Posted by mthutt470626June 23rd

Heli-Ski season, our first day out for 2014. Posted by HarrisMountainsHeliski626470June 23rd

Heli-Ski season, our first day out for 2014. Posted by HarrisMountainsHeliski626470June 23rd

Cheers to all of you who gave up a lazy Sunday to come and spend the day with us @ Hutt! Posted by mthutt626419June 23rd

Here's a happy snap taken today by our maintenance crew showing the Saddle Basin filling in nicely as Treble Cone's snow season draws very close! Posted by treblecone626467June 22nd

Massive congratulations to Grant Guise for winning this mornings Skin to the Summit elite race with an incredible time of 47.42!! This Queenstown Winter Festival event just gets bigger and bigger every year. Posted by coronet626433June 22nd

Wow.. what a morning! Bluebird, not a breath of wind and super dry winter snow on trail. The snow is GREAT! Captains Express will open in the next day or so. Posted by cardrona626432June 22nd

Great to see some fresh snow on The Remarkables today. Lets hope Mother Nature keeps it coming. Posted by remarkables567626June 22nd

The 40th American Express Queenstown Winter Festival has begun with thousands of Queenstown, New Zealand locals and visitors gathering on the waterfront under clear southern skies to watch spectacular fireworks and pitch perfect performances. Posted by Scotty626417June 21st

Meanwhile at Rainbow Ski Field...the Snow-Guns are still running from a good night of snow-making. BIG thanks to our great snow-making team up at the BOW! Lets keep it going! Woohoo! Posted by rainbow626470June 20th

Opening Day BLUEBIRD yeeoowww!! Posted by cardrona626417June 20th

What a spot to do the weather forecast. Posted by coronet626418June 20th

The snow is acomin! What an awesome view from the top of Curvey Basin, down through the ski area, out across the valley up to Coronet Peak and then into the great Southern Alps. I could sit here all day and watch it! Posted by remarkables626352June 20th

Sunrise's presenters go head to head in a good old toboggan race! play nice now.. Posted by coronet626414June 20th

Make hay while the sun is shining… 17 hrs · or in our case make TONS of snow while the conditions are right! All of the snow guns were firing all day today and with temperatures expected to stay low through the night and tomorrow the snowmaking team will Posted by mthutt626418June 20th

Meanwhile at Rainbow Ski Field...the Snow-Guns are still running from a good night of snow-making. BIG thanks to our great snow-making team up at the BOW! Lets keep it going! Woohoo! Posted by rainbow626470June 20th

It was a lovely morning at Coronet Peak as the presenters began their live broadcast. Posted by coronet626418June 20th

Make hay while the sun is shining… 17 hrs · or in our case make TONS of snow while the conditions are right! All of the snow guns were firing all day today and with temperatures expected to stay low through the night and tomorrow the snowmaking team will Posted by mthutt626470June 20th

We go for open!! Posted by cardrona626470June 19th

So the rain hit us last night ...start busting those snow dances! Forecast is for a few snow showers this week but opening day will be down to the wire!! Fingers crossed, we'll keep you posted... Posted by cardrona626470June 17th

Airbourne - Photo: Mauoscar Posted by Scotty626626June 18th

It's still a bit barren on the ground but temps have dropped and they have the guns going full steam. Posted by cardrona626626June 18th

Fantastic snow loading on the express at Turoa!! keep it up snow gods! - Link: TCB OhakunePosted by Scotty626352June 16th

Ski the Wild Side! More snow due from Wednesday. Posted by tukino626470June 16th

Skiers, boarders, Fairies, and our mascots Spike & Shred could all be found enjoying a good old Sunday Funday @ Hutt today! With small queues, nice snow and great weather Hutt was the place to be. Posted by mthutt470626June 16th

The lights are up and The Mall is now looking ready for Winter Festival! Thanks to the kind donation of time and expertise from Jimmy Carling and RoyalTree Ltd,come for a stroll tonight and check out their handiwork! Photo: Queenstown Winter Fesitval Posted by Scotty626419June 16th

Kids at Mt Hutt. Editors Comment: What the??? Do kids need life jackets as well as helmets at Hutt now. I thought that it was only Christchurch that had sunk. Posted by Scotty626470June 16th

Skiers, boarders, Fairies, and our mascots Spike & Shred could all be found enjoying a good old Sunday Funday @ Hutt today! With small queues, nice snow and great weather Hutt was the place to be. Posted by mthutt626419June 16th

What an amazing sunset last evening! Photo: Visit Ruapehu Posted by Scotty626267June 16th

My 7 year old daughter has order that I don't come out of the man cave until her news ski are made.gotta love the attitude. Posted by Nickski626468June 14th

It's Friday the 13th and it's a full moon! ooouuu spooky, and an appropriate sun rise behind Meadows Chairlift on what is going to be another great day on the slopes. Posted by coronet626414June 13th

The NZSki Transport team are Ready to bring you up to Coronet Peak leaving from the snow centre in town every 15 minutes in the am and returning all afternoon. Posted by coronet626458June 13th

Looking wintery around the Base Area Posted by cheeseman626470June 13th

Looking wintery around the Base Area Posted by cheeseman626470June 13th

How fun does Learning to board on the magic carpet look! Posted by coronet626418June 13th

Bluebird today and looks like some decent coverage.... Posted by craigieburn626470June 13th

Show time! Get you game face on as tomorrow is open day for Hutt! Forget work, forget the kids schooling, forget the lunch date with your partner, forget everything.. But don’t forget tomorrow will be epic and the most important day this week. Posted by mthutt626419June 12th

As promised Ohau fans. Cleared up and here's the view from our new (not fried by lightning) web cam. Now who's excited!! Posted by ohau626352June 12th

Show time! Get you game face on as tomorrow is open day for Hutt! Forget work, forget the kids schooling, forget the lunch date with your partner, forget everything.. But don’t forget tomorrow will be epic and the most important day this week. Posted by mthutt626419June 12th

B L A C K . P E A K just now looking across at Black Peak. A beautiful day in the mountains. - Link: Wanaka TVPosted by Scotty626417June 12th

It's an absolutely stunning day in Wanaka today - dead calm lake and snow capped mountains. In a word how would you describe it? Posted by Scotty626469June 12th

Show time! Get you game face on as tomorrow is open day for Hutt! Forget work, forget the kids schooling, forget the lunch date with your partner, forget everything.. But don’t forget tomorrow will be epic and the most important day this week. Posted by mthutt626419June 12th

The team is working hard to get us ready for Opening Day next week...cold temps have allowed us to make snow today so fingers crossed they stay low!! Posted by cardrona626327June 12th

Show time! Get you game face on as tomorrow is open day for Hutt! Forget work, forget the kids schooling, forget the lunch date with your partner, forget everything.. But don’t forget tomorrow will be epic and the most important day this week. Posted by mthutt626419June 12th

New snow falling today at Cheeseman and our cook Erin who is returning for her 2nd season reckons it all good. Posted by cheeseman626470June 10th

It's been snowing at Treble Cone Ski Area since mid morning and by 4pm this afternoon 12cm has accumulated in the car parks. Posted by treblecone626495June 10th

So far today we have had 2 to 3cm and it is still lightly falling. "Hey Shreddie they didn't call this one did they?" "These Easterlies can hang around for days & you know what that means ..... even more of this white stuff!" Posted by remarkables626417June 10th

What a day !! Posted by coronet626417June 9th

Snowing very nicely across the mountain now. This pic was just snapped in front of the Treble Cone Ski Area Base Building. Posted by treblecone626469June 9th

Yeah finally snowing! At this stage about 5cm and looking at the weather the worst is still to hit over the next couple days. Love winter? We do! Posted by mthutt626418June 9th

Big ups local boys for camping out over night (Since 11pm the night before!!) to get the first run for the season! Posted by coronet626444June 9th

Our "new" Pistenbully 300 groomer arrived up at the field over Queen's Birthday weekend. She's a beauty! Posted by brokenriver626515June 5th

Well done boys. Posted by coronet626418June 9th

Spike & Shred getting into the season with a good old snowball fight! Posted by coronet626470June 6th

Kirsty was flying in after a weekend away from the basin and took this photo of our beautiful landscape. Awesome picture with The Remarks center stage. Only 3 weeks to go now ...... Posted by remarkables626352June 3rd

Perched above the inversion today, WHAT a view!! Just over two weeks until Opening Day YEEESSS! Posted by cardrona626470June 3rd

Been thinking of you Christchurch, a frosty -5 degrees in Christchurch at night but plus 5 degrees on the mountain - unbelievable! Despite the warm temperatures, we were able to make snow courtesy of the low humidity of less than 20%. Posted by porters626352June 3rd

The guns have been firing all day- a whopping 300 tonnes of snow per hour. Woop woop! Have a great weekend, Cheers Team @ Hutt Posted by mthutt626470June 1st

Snow-making guns have been cranking since midday yesterday, right through the night and still going right now! T-7 days... Who's getting stoked? Posted by coronet626352June 1st

The guns have been firing all day- a whopping 300 tonnes of snow per hour. Woop woop! Have a great weekend, Cheers Team @ Hutt Posted by mthutt626470June 1st